SocialGO, a firm that enables small-and medium-sized businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs to benefit from social media, has announced the launch of the first platform for creating social networking sites designed for the needs of small businesses and organizations.


It is offered at $24.99/month to small business owners and entrepreneurs to harness the power of social media by creating online communities around their businesses with full content/member control, monetization, and customizability.

"While many sites require you to join a larger social network in order to launch your online community, with SocialGO you are the network," said Dominic Wheatley, co-founder and CEO, SocialGO, in a release.

"You own and control the data and content, and have complete freedom to customize the site's design and functionality however you see fit," added Wheatley.

A SocialGO site can be seamlessly integrated into the existing site or used to establish an online presence where none exists, and enables to create a loyal, expansive customer base by making your web presence a hub for all things related to the brand, where one can share information and get insider deals.

SocialGO sites also facilitate an open exchange of information.

"Small businesses stand to benefit enormously from social media, but because they lack resources often settle for unprofessional-looking template-based design that requires their members to join a larger network which then bombards them with SPAM," commented Alex Halliday, co-founder, SocialGO. "SocialGO is a business-grade platform that allows them to reap maximum benefits from social media with minimal investment."

Some of the SocialGO features include all standard social media features including member profiles, forums, activity feeds, RSS feeds, messaging, photo/video sharing, plus features such as video chat.  It also offers total ownership of data/content and complete network control. SocialGO provide complete customizability and has the ability to 100 percent white-label site to the brand, completely erasing all evidence of SocialGO and creating a custom-designed appearance.

The ability to monetize the site through sales transactions, subscription fees/dues, advertising and sponsorship, trade fees and donations is also possible. It provides the ability to customize access according to "free" and "premium" memberships, enabling charge for features and content.

"With SocialGO we've created an online community around our line of organic baby clothing through which we connect meaningfully with our customers around the parenting issues that are mutually important to us, and nurture long-term relationships," stated Hannah Shone, president, Earthlings.